Pronger needs surgery on his hand and will be out 3-4 weeks. Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy;

Your weekly power rankings have the Habs 8th (ESPN), THN is incomplete, and TSN DROPPED them a spot to 11th after noting they've won 6 of their last 7. Fuck you. The Rangers, SEVEN POINTS BEHIND US, are 9th. Fuck you. The Blackhawks, with a worse record, who lost all their games last week, are 4th. FUCK YOU;

Habs Addict has compiled reactions from media and fans (including some dude named "Allen" from FHF) about PatCHes and the lack of suspension;

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Michael Farber, who has begun treatment for cancer. We actually met him back in the day, when he interviewed us for a Page 3 Gazette piece he did on our 1985 Reach for the Top team (long story). You're one of the good ones Michael, get well soon.

OK Caps visit tonight, preceded by a (hopefully) peaceful demonstration in front of the Bell against the NHL. Given we live 3 blocks away, we'll check it out and report back tomorrow.

I was on reach for the top twice back in the glory days when it was televised(CKTV-Barrie), yes instead of entertainment tonight, you could watch nerds saying things like Picasso, no, Picasso, no, Rembrandt, No, Later I got a letter saying " very entertaining but stupid"

Burn down the mission if you want to stay alive -Elton Johns advice on protest.

I just read Jack Todd's column and whilst I've never been his biggest fan, I agree with A...errr I mean 29 when he says that Todd speaks the truth. He taken the best of what everyone else has said and summarized it nicely. But who are we kidding - the NHL is never going to clean house internally in order to get this done. They proved it long ago by keeping Fuckface Campbell and resigning Fuckface Bettman FOR 5 YEARS!

Also - just wanted to add that it gave me a nice warm feeling inside to wake up this morning and read about a 6-2 loss for the leaf. Only a couple more of those and these ridiculous notions they have of playoff hockey should be dead once and for all.

And lastly - why even bother with the TSN power ratings - you need a credibility in order to produce stuff like that - clearly something they do not have!

I just read Jack Todd's column and whilst I've never been his biggest fan, I agree with A...errr I mean 29 when he says that Todd speaks the truth. He taken the best of what everyone else has said and summarized it nicely. But who are we kidding - the NHL is never going to clean house internally in order to get this done. They proved it long ago by keeping Fuckface Campbell and resigning Fuckface Bettman FOR 5 YEARS!

Also - just wanted to add that it gave me a nice warm feeling inside to wake up this morning and read about a 6-2 loss for the leaf. Only a couple more of those and these ridiculous notions they have of playoff hockey should be dead once and for all.

And lastly - why even bother with the TSN power ratings - you need a credibility in order to produce stuff like that - clearly something they do not have!

There is Nyquist frequency resonating in the NHL. We have a basketball commish and a baseball Union head. Is it any wonder Hockey is rotting at the head. A fish rots at the head. Thats not funny HA HA or funny like a clown.

Stories about Reach for the Top and open mikes remind my of my past glory days ... evidently during the parts between taping of one of our RFTT games, the mikes to the studio audience were open, amplifying an obscenity uttered by yours truly to the studio audience (and Mom of Le12, who was attending). She was not impressed.

We went four or five rounds, but our victory on the last game was called back on account of a bad game tape, and we lost on the replay game. The fix was in even then.

BTW, the eastern terminus of the Trans-Siberian railway is "Vladivostok".

Best of luck at the rally tonight. Keep it peaceful, those NHL fuckfaces and Laff supporters are drooling at the thought of burning cars and smashed windows. (For God's sake at least don't touch the Bell Centre - Jesus Price is watching you!)

About Four Habs Fans

The Four(-ish) Habs Fans are four(-ish) Habs fans. Three are from Montreal, though one of those is now stuck in the middle of the Red Mile. The other somehow grew up a Habs fan in the middle of Ontario Cottage Country, and now lives in Hogtown. Some of them are lawyers, so they are opinionated, and may or may not be assholes.

HabsFan29 is a lifelong Montrealer who decided the Four Habs Fans' email exchanges about the Habs were just too stupidly amusing and occasionally intelligent not to share with the world. The 29 is for the greatest (only?) Goalie-lawyer-PM candidate ever. He would like his mom to know that his meth habit is overstated on this blog for comedic effect.

HabsFan4 paid tribute to one of the finest gentlemen to ever don a Canadiens sweater. His legacy as one of the pioneers of the Gangsta Rap movement has always been understated. His Jaro posts will be recalled fondly by all.

HabsFanForever33 aka Panger is a Montrealer in Exile currently residing mere blocks from the Red Mile, yet whose passion for all things Canadiens has only embiggened with distance. HFF33 worships at the altar of St. Patrick. Panger still gets chills recalling the moment he met the greatest goal-scorer of all time, The Rocket. HFF33 is a life-long Habs fan, except during the Houle-Tremblay Era, when Le Club de Hockey Canadiens was dead to Panger.

HabsFan10 grew up watching Le Demon Blond on Radio-Canada with his unilingual English Dad in a WASPy little town in Maple Leafs country, at least until the playoffs each year, when he got to hear Danny Gallivan and Dick Irvin because the Leafs played on opposite nights (if they made the playoffs at all). Rick Middleton and Cam Neely sometimes haunt his dreams. He thinks Thurso, Quebec should be declared a national historical site. If you aren't sure what the 10 in HF10 stands for, you're on the wrong site, buster.

All mind-bogglingly warped Photoshop work courtesy the warped mind of GoldenGirl11 a.k.a. LukeyNussbaum11. All stripperrific vision expressed by contributors through Photoshop are solely those of the individual writer and do not reflect the opinions of GG11, a card carrying feminist, although she's sure that they are the opinions of her four sons even if they don't care to admit it.

moeman born in l'Estie'd'Québec, was baptized Maurice because well his Mom, seeing his beautiful dark locks and glaring eyes knew he'd need a namesake, actually it was his Mon Oncle Yvon that CHristened his Habstism, deep in central Ontario no less. He took life's circuitous route and blessed his own son with the name Patrick in 1993. He also has a gorgeous daughter but she's a Sens fan, so, meh. moeman loves women, wine, song, women, Habs, his kids, women, iOS Apps, hockey blogging women and women. His other passion, he hates the leaf. He also loves women.